READY for Quality Schools
As a parent myself, a graduate of the Rochester City School District, and having worked in the district and local schools for years, I care deeply about the future of our city. In this report, I lay out a plan, grounded in the community conversations I have had over the last year, that will build the capacity and knowledge base of parents to fight for quality schools, support and reward excellent educators, incentivize the best and brightest to enter the classroom, and make sure we are pursuing every possible pathway to improve and start new quality schools.
Listening to our students, families, and educators, I see the need for a new organization - neutral, non-governmental, and non-profit - to advance our community-driven public education strategy. To be effective, this organization will learn from and pay homage to the past, leverage current reform efforts, and execute a new plan to grow and support great schools in our city.
We are poised to launch READY, Rochester Education And Development for Youth, to realize our common vision. READY’s mission is to align resources and execute against a plan to achieve that vision in partnership with Rochester parents, educators, and elected leaders. In partnership with informed families and community stakeholders, READY will coordinate a community-driven investment strategy, develop programming, coordinate system-wide efforts, and hold leaders accountable to their commitments.
